Leslie & I drove down to Table Rock Lake for a long weekend of doing nothing, relaxing, swimming, & sunning. And did I mention doing nothing? That was the best part. We stayed at Vacation Lane Resort, in #2, which is the middle story in the first photo. All of the deck was ours, just as #1 right above was in the summer of 2007. This was a 1-bedroom apartment with a kitchen, bathroom, dining area, sofa bed, TV, and Jacuzzi. The deck faces the lake, so in the mornings & evenings we would take our meals out there. We didn't eat at a restaurant but once the whole time. The rest of the time we ate what we brought.We used the pool the first afternoon we were there, and I got enough sun to turn me red for the rest of the trip. On Friday we went down to the boat dock on the lake and swam and sat and read. On Saturday we went down in the late morning and floated on our new floaties for a couple of hours. It was great!
Leslie's oldest friend Richie Poe and his family live in Harrison, Arkansas. We had contacted Richie before leaving, saying we would like to visit with them while we were so close to Harrison. Richie responded by reserving a table for us at Big Cedar Lodge at the Devil's Pool restaurant, for 7:00 Saturday night. We spent 3 hours eating and visiting with them. The two photos you see of them were taken out on the porch just outside the Registration building.
Big Cedar reminds us a lot of Tan-Tar-A, except more upscale than even Tan-Tar-A. No wonder people want to go there. Anyway, back to Richie and Becky. They have two daughters, 21 and 19, who are students at Harding. Richie is a dentist and has been in practice for years in Harrison. Though Becky has a nursing license and a real estate license, her passion is staying at home to raise their daughters, and she also volunteers at their church, creating curriculum.
Richie has been an elder in his church for going on a couple of years now, so we shared war stories about church leadership.It was good to see Richie & Becky, and we look forward to more visits with them in the future.
We will be going back down to Vacation Lane Resort in the middle of August. Hannah will join us this time, and hopefully Kelly can come down, too.
Now we are back home and have to get back into the routine. But we had time to recharge our batteries, and we should be better able to go back to the mundane things of life for another month.
2 comments:
Hi, I found your blog when I was looking for info on Vacation Lane resort. Their website has no outside pictures of their building, which seems very odd to me. From your picture it looks a little shabby. Would you mind telling me a bit about the place? My husband and I are going to the area in October for a week. Is it somewhere you'd recommend for 6 nights? We aren't interested in boating, but like the lake view. We have a holiday inn already booked, but can easily change that. Thanks for any suggestions and advice. Nancy Robertson
Why go to Tablerock when you can go to Saugatuck? Are you crazy?! We only go to Vacation Lane when we need out lake fix and can't go to Saugatuck (our daughter lives in Chicago). Vacation Lane is ok. That's an unflattering photo my husband posted. The rooms are nice and the views of the lake are nice. We don't boat or fish either, just enjoy the secluded get-away. Sitting out by the lake or the pool.
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